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. 2015 Sep;21(9):1677-9.
doi: 10.3201/2109.150289.

Increase in Lymphadenitis Cases after Shift in BCG Vaccine Strain

Giorgi Kuchukhidze, Ana Kasradze, Tamar Dolakidze, David Baliashvili, Tsira Merabishvili, Henry M Blumberg, Russell R Kempker

Increase in Lymphadenitis Cases after Shift in BCG Vaccine Strain

Giorgi Kuchukhidze et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: BCG; Bacillus Calmette-Guérin; Georgia; lymphadenitis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; vaccine.

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